Timber Supply Review process
The submission from forest industry workers concludes the Timber Supply Review process does not fully account for all the impacts of a reduction in timber supply. The need for accurate inventory information for setting timber supply levels is vital.
The Community Task Force maintains the Discussion Paper demonstrates a bias toward the belief that over-harvesting is occurring.
The forest industry submissions says the Discussion Paper misrepresents the actual data analysis. Two examples are cited:
1. the Discussion Paper raises a concern that volumes in existing stands may be overestimated while the Timber Supply Analysis itself expresses confidence in these numbers
2. the impact of changing to a four-pass harvest system was shown to be insignificant in the analysis, yet the discussion paper implies the opposite
Treaty negotiations
The submission from the Fort Ware Indian Band outlines a proposal for the structure and functioning of a forest management committee that will develop and implement a forest management plan. The band indicates it will support the current timber supply analysis only with implementation of this process. Treaty negotiations will also proceed outside this framework.
